About the Society
The decision to establish the International Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies was taken at the September 2009 conference in Clare College, Cambridge, by Longview, the sponsoring organisation www.longviewuk.com. The Society will formally be inaugurated at the Society's first conference - see here for more details.
The unique feature of the Society is its multi-disciplinary nature, bringing together members across the health, behavioural and social sciences, with a shared interest in longitudinal and life course research. Apart from the opportunity to bridge disciplinary boundaries, the benefits the Society offers are:
The opportunity to participate in on-line policy debates and forums linked to the Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Journal and to make collaborative contacts throughout the longitudinal research community.
Access to, and opportunity to develop, new capacity building initiatives including PhD summer schools, on-line master classes and methodological and longitudinal practice workshops, for which resource material will be made available by members.
A reduced fee for the annual conference scheduled to take place in September each year.
To become a member of the Society please click here
News
Congratulations!
Paul Boyle, currently at St Andrews University, Scotland, where he is Head of the School of Geography and Geosciences, will be taking up on September 1st 2010 the post of Chief Executive of the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). As Director of the ESRC funded Longitudinal Studies Centre – Scotland, and the founder of the census-based Scottish Longitudinal Study, much of his career has been in Longitudinal Research writing a major report for ESRC on administrative data linkage. Paul has worked with Longview on two major projects – the ESRC Strategic Review of Panel and Cohort Studies and the Evaluation of the Scottish Government’s National Outcomes. He is also an elected member of the recently established SLLS Executive Committee and a trustee of Longview
All members of the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies will wish Paul every success in his new post.
To view details of the appointment please click here
SLLS Conference
Developments and Challenges in Longitudinal Studies from Childhood
The Society's first annual conference and AGM will take place at Clare College, Cambridge, UK - 22nd, 23rd & 24th September 2010
For conference details please click here
SLLS Executive Committee Election
SLLS now has its first Officers and Executive Committee in place. After a closely fought election the results can be viewed here
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
The latest issue of the on-line international journal, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies is now available.Content includes:
How did Britain's first birth cohort studies begin?
Defining early parenthood
Who remains childless?
Modelling repeated measures data
Book reviews, news and events
To view an on-line copy of the Journal please visit www.journal.longviewuk.com
